Once Upon a Time in Moberly

Tuesday

Mar 19, 2013 at 2:00 PM

Moberly's history

Debbie Fitzpatrick

Wednesday, March 19, 2008•JoEllyn Bach, Moberly School District MAP leader, was excited to report the Tour De Y earned by Moberly sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at Moberly. Middle School was a great success. Approximately 400 students worked hard enough to earn a fun visit to the Randolph Area YMCA Tuesday.•Magician Adam Guy encouraged two audience volunteers during the "finger cutter" illusion as part of his performance, featured in a photo on today's front page. A large crowd of children, including a busload from Brunswick, along with their parents and grandparents, turned out at the MACC auditorium to be mystified and amazed by Guy's sleight of hand tricks.•Healthy Woman attendees Tuesday night at the Moberly Municipal Auditorium were treated to Mexican food and music getting everyone in the mood for a siesta program. "Getting a Better Night's Sleep," given by Humayun Lodhi, MD, pulmonologist. He was featured with MRMC CEO Kevin Clement and Lisa Guerrero, MRMC's Healthy Woman Advisor.Wednesday, March 19, 2003•Randolph County Commissioners heard a sales pitch from another investment from interested in acting as bond counsel for the Justice Center bonds on Friday. Charles L. Zitnik, Senior Vice President of Kirkpatrick Pettis, a Mutual of Omaha Company out of Kansas City, met with commissioners to discuss the possibility of selling the bonds, which he had said in an earlier meeting would most likely be tax-free municipal bonds.•Jim Miller, Chief Economist with the National Farmers Union from Washington DC was among members of the Missouri Farmers Union visiting the Moberly Monitor-Index Monday afternoon. Included in a photo with Miller were President of the Northeast Missouri Chapter, Eddie Mitchell of Holliday; MFU Director of Member Services Jill Lucht, Jefferson City; NFU Chief Economist Jim Miller, Washington DC; Moberly Monitor-Index Publisher Bob Cunningham; MFU Kyle Vickers who served as Deputy Director of Ag for eight years under Mel Carnahan and is currently working in Jefferson City at the Family Farm Opportunity Center with Steve Tonsor with Monroe City Farmers Elevator and Exchange. Steve is working along with others to bring education concerning risk management to farm families and to secure fair pricing before crops are grown. The group had been to Shelbina before stopping in Moberly and several would be speaking in Boonville, Nevada, Cameron, and Pleasant Hill. Farmers Union is a general farm organization representing family farmers and ranchers on issues ranging from farm income to rural health care.Tuesday, March 19, 1963•The City Council last night in regular session at the Municipal Auditorium took under study a report on possible sites for police and fire stations.•The Phillips Nursing Home, 414 South Clark, now has a state license to operate as a licensed practical nursing home, George Phillips, operator of the home, announced today.•Dow Ratliff was sworn in to the position of street superintendent and also as a special policeman before City Clerk R.W. Daly this morning. Ratliff had been acting street superintendent since May 1, 1956 but there was no record of his appointment to the street superintendency and no record of his having police powers. He became connected with the street department on May 18, 1955.